Problematic depictions of people of African descent are an enduring relic of the Cold War. Photograph: UPI /Landov / Barcroft MediaProblematic depictions of people of African descent are an enduring relic of the Cold War. Photograph: UPI /Landov / Barcroft MediaNew East networkRussia This article is more than 7 years oldObama banana 'jokes' show Soviet-era racism remains alive in RussiaThis article is more than 7 years oldJennifer WilsonA chocolate bar named ‘Little Obama’ is the latest in a string of offensive images triggered by political tensions

Real Madrid This article is more than 12 years oldReal Madrid player Sergio Ramos drops Spanish cup under a busThis article is more than 12 years oldTrophy takes a tumble and disappears under vehicle's wheels as footballers celebrate victory over arch-rivals BarcelonaReal Madrid defender drops the Copa del Ray from the top deck of an open-topped double-decker bus, which then runs over the trophy ReutersExuberant Real Madrid footballers rode triumphantly back into town on Thursday morning with the Spanish cup in their hands, but then accidentally dropped it from the top of a double-decker bus – which ran over it.

US television This article is more than 4 months oldSuits creator confirms palace changed line of Meghan’s dialogueThis article is more than 4 months oldCreator of series, which has set viewership records on Netflix this summer, says palace objected to the word poppycock The creator of Suits, the legal drama which launched the acting career of the Duchess of Sussex, is opening up about input from the royal family on scripts.

The ObserverBiography booksThe double life of Catherine MBy day she was a sought-after curator and well-respected member of the French intelligentsia; by night she was an insatiable hedonist whose passion was indiscriminate sex with anonymous men. And now she's written a shockingly candid and provocative memoir of her experiences. Jessica Berens meets Catherine MilletCatherine Millet does not look like a person who has slept with the whole world. Promiscuity tends to be linked with pneumatic aspects, after all: big tits, prozzie lips, all that.

Winter readsFiction This article is more than 12 years oldWinter reads: The Snow Goose by Paul GallicoThis article is more than 12 years oldLisa AllardiceIt may not be free from sentimentality, but this sad, sweet tale has an elemental power that makes it soarThere can be few more wintry tales than Paul Gallico's wartime classic The Snow Goose, a novella no thicker than a love letter, in which every sentence seems to shiver with the salt-laden chill of the desolate landscape in which it is set.

5d ago21.02 ESTUsman Khawaja bloodied by bouncer as Australia crush West Indies in first TestRead more5d ago20.39 ESTGeoff LemonRighto, that’s it from us. It’s a lunchtime knockoff at Adelaide Oval, but I’m reliably informed that the festival area behind the Members will be open to all patrons now that the game is over, and the bars will run until either 17:30 or 19:00 tonight, depending who you ask. Should be a good afternoon.

MediaObituaryEduardo HaroLeftwing journalist and columnist, he set up the anti-Franco paper Triunfo in 1964It is rare that a journalist becomes representative of an approach to life, but this happened with Eduardo Haro Tecglen, who has died aged 81 of a heart attack in his native Madrid. For the last decade he wrote a daily column, Visto/ Oído (Seen/Heard), in Spain's biggest circulation daily, El País. It was the sort of column that liberal papers all over the world include to attract the most leftwing section of their readership.

Gordon Williams in 1974. By the early 1980s, he had reinvented himself as a screenwriter, claiming that his gregarious nature revolted against the solitary disciplines of the desk. Photograph: Frank Martin/The GuardianGordon Williams in 1974. By the early 1980s, he had reinvented himself as a screenwriter, claiming that his gregarious nature revolted against the solitary disciplines of the desk. Photograph: Frank Martin/The GuardianBooksObituaryGordon Williams obituaryBooker-shortlisted writer whose novel The Siege of Trencher’s Farm was adapted into the controversial Sam Peckinpah film Straw DogsIn 2003, when the Guardian ran my admiring profile of the writer Gordon Williams, the piece was headed simply Gordon Who?

SoccerAnalysisHow they compare: Manchester United 1998-99 and Manchester City 2022-23Jamie JacksonWe run the rule over United’s treble winners and the City team trying to emulate them on Saturday – and select a combined XI How the season unfoldedManchester United: Sir Alex Ferguson’s team were masters of harum-scarum wins in defining matches. To claim the Premier League on the final day Tottenham had to be defeated but after 24 minutes a Les Ferdinand goal stunned Old Trafford before United, in blazing sunshine, staged a memorable comeback via David Beckham and Andy Cole.

Matthew WarchusReviewComedy Theatre, LondonI'll say this much: David Hirson's piece of Broadway-originating, pastiche Molière seems less smugly self-admiring than it did on its first appearance in 1992. That may be because Hirson now gives the action an uninterrupted flow; it may be because Mark Rylance virtuosically adorns the current cast; but I suspect the real change stems from director Matthew Warchus, who has discovered a hidden tension in what at first seemed a dramatically inert piece.